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Mark and Simon wear a moustache each in honour of Jason Isaacs. Issacs superbly dons the whiskers in his new film Green Zone.
Victorian Alpine Huts survey, for Parks Victoria 1994-5.
Built in 1937 for the Ski Club of Victoria and dedicated to a pioneer skier, Cleve Cole, this hut was illustrated in the club's journal `Schuss' as a rubble stone gabled building with casement widows and stone chimney. Larger than most cattlemen's huts, the design had a porch and wood box, a living space with a 10 person bunk at one end and a bunk room with heating slabs at the other. In the centre was the fireplace. A kitchen and eating alcove adjoined on the south side{ see also Stephenson: 206}. A memorial stone on the wall of this hut was inscribed with the words: `In Memory of Cleve Cole Died 1936'{ Stephenson: 214}. His death arose from a disastrous skiing trip across the Bogong High Plains with (Percy E ) Mick Hull and Howard Michell, all three being very experienced{ MP p.70}. The architect was Malcolm McColl, Tom Fisher and Harold Doughty acted as labourers on the construction while the stonework was formed by Art Downer and the foreman was M McLaren{ Stephenson (1982): 360f.}. McLaren remained on the site from the 21 February to 17 May 1937 to complete the work. The foundations were in place by March 1937. The huts origins are linked with the August General Meeting of the SCV when a committee, consisting of Gordon Brown (chair), Harold Brockhoff, V Letcher (Vic. Railways), AW Shands, D Gray and D Stogdale, was initiated to raise funds for a memorial hut on Mt Bogong. Other members coopted to the committee were H Doughty (scouts), AW Keown (Vict. Railways), Miss BM Kermode (treasurer and part of the Government Tourist Bureau) and M McColl (architect, designer of hut). Apart from its memorial function the hut would allow access to `really excellent ski runs, better than exist elsewhere in Victoria, becoming accessible to skiing enthusiasts on the highest mountain in the State'{ `Australian & New Zealand Ski Year Book' 1937, p51}. This could not be achieved without `a substantial building' and stone was opted for as the least likely to deteriorate in those conditions, resulting in a cost estimate of 500 pounds and a public appeal. Within 6 months, up until March 1937, they had raised 350 pounds and after a visit to the State Tourist Committee, they obtained 200 pound State Unemployment Fund grant for use to employ local labour in the hut construction. McColl (architect) and Doughty worked on erecting the hut in the summer of 1936-7, preparing three construction stages: the first being the public bunks (for 10) and living space (with fireplace), the second being a club bunk room served by heating slabs in the rear of the fireplace (locked, as club rooms), and the last stage was the kitchen, meal annexe and bathroom{ ibid.}. This plan also obtained approval from the SCV Hut & Trip sub-committee. This hut was one stage in a grand scheme for the mountain, one which might cause considerable controversy today. Then skiers used the Staircase Spur and Bivouac Hut to ascend to the slopes. This route was developed to Cole's plan which had meant the removal of `young timber which grows so vigorously along the crest of the ridge but more clearing and widening of the track was needed. A better solution was a new all-weather access road up the Big River Valley or another around the north or south face of the mountain and entering Camp Valley below the tree line ibid.}. Meanwhile the hut site access time had been cut down by an hour by road and track improvements via Staircase such that 4 hours on horse and 5 hours on foot from Cooper's property to the site was typical{ ibid.}. The Lone Scout section of the Boy Scouts Association had provided for the transport cost of the 11 tons of building materials from Melbourne to Tawonga (Cooper's). Local carter, Dudley Walker, packed the materials across the next 8 mile stage, costing some 19 pounds per ton and taking 6 weeks (February 21- April 7th) with 8 horses. Bright builder, George Sharpe who was experienced in stone construction, was selected to provide quantities and labour costing for the hut. Building materials were provided by H Parsons P/L at cost and D&W Chandler (Fitzroy hardware merchants) also provided discounts. The shell was of stone, with 2 feet high, 15" thick foundation walls set in reinforced concrete, with a damp course and the 12" thick walls built on them. Steps led to the entry area which had a large wood box and ski rack (20 pairs) and from there to the living area with its stone fireplace lined with fire bricks and flanked with two large drying cabinets (heated by slabs in the side of the fireplace and fitted with shelves for boots and hooks for clothes). Water from a spring some 420' distant, was piped into the kitchen bathroom section with its sink and draining board, shelves and a wash basin. There was also a colonial oven, a washing recess and hand pump, and a shower. This hut was thought to be the first to use double casements (double glazing) in a snow resort. The floor level was elevated and the roof was kept to a shallow grade to stop the snow from sliding off and building up around the entrance and windows. The final cost would be about 600 pounds. `The hut has been erected on a site which has a most commanding outlook with glorious views in all directions, has substantial firewood supply right on the spot and is very easily approached from the summit of the mountain'{ ibid.}. A little over 10 years later, the hut had deteriorated considerably to such an extent that its structural soundness would be questionable unless urgent work was done in the Summer of 1948-9. So reported its designed, Malcolm McColl. The main problem was a lack of flashing to one side of the chimney which allowed large quantities of snow to penetrate a 2" gap into the hut ceiling. The roofing also needed renailing and the stone chimney itself was not only too short (requiring an extension pipe to stop it smoking) but had nearly disintegrated. It needed rebuilding. The front steps had been almost destroyed as the mortar had not set in the original construction. The last painting was in 1941 and this too needed redoing at least annually. The putty was falling out and the window sashes coming to bits{ DCNR file H.019905 Report on Inspection of Cleve Cole Memorial Hut November 28-30 1948}. McColl thought that if the standard of maintenance was not kept up the users of the hut would not take care of it. In 1949, the SCV revealed plans to reduce the wear on the hut by building another unlocked shelter with two bunks and a stove nearby. The public would then be charged for access to the original hut on the same scale as members were for the club section of the hut. The money would go into a trust fund to maintain the building. The hut was thought to be the only comfortable accommodation on the Mountain and must remain accessible to the public if only to carry out the development plans of its namesake{ DCNR file H.019905 letter from SCV (H Cartledge) 13.12.49}. With the rapid development of Kiewa scheme and all its infrastructure, more people would soon have easy access to the area. Along with the repointing and rebuilding parts of the stonework, painting the woodwork `new green', renailing the roofing and inserting flashing, other works planned included provision of new high pressure chrome plated taps to basin and sink, one inch boarding to porch interior walls, new glass panes and puttying, new Whitco casement stays to all windows, painting of ceiling with Muraltone along with other interior woodwork, painting the kitchen and shower in light tones, removal of the wall between the kitchen and meal alcove and install kitchen bench around the alcove with shelves above, install shelves around bunks, repair Caneite ceiling and strapping, decrease number of bunks in clubroom and provide storage instead, and wired glass to lower bunk windows. The SCV also reacted to the complaints of local people over the locking up of the hut. The SCV pointed to the generous help provided by the old generation of cattlemen...
1977 Prefects
Back: Ian Schodde, Graeme Down, Robert Aney, Rhys Thompson, Scott Murray, Ian Hoddinott, Nick Goodall
Middle: Wendy Nolte, Nerylee Robinson, Carole Crossley, Kate Taylor, Helen McVean, Sue Kermode, Kerry Parish
Front: Anne Haines, Debbie Saunders, Julie Twitt, Janelle Eirth, Carol Abbott, Nola Joyce, Wendy McConville
London transport RT2708 from Elmers End garage is seen in Croydon sometime during the early 1960's. Screen capture.
Victorian Alpine Huts survey, for Parks Victoria 1994-5.
Built in 1937 for the Ski Club of Victoria and dedicated to a pioneer skier, Cleve Cole, this hut was illustrated in the club's journal `Schuss' as a rubble stone gabled building with casement widows and stone chimney. Larger than most cattlemen's huts, the design had a porch and wood box, a living space with a 10 person bunk at one end and a bunk room with heating slabs at the other. In the centre was the fireplace. A kitchen and eating alcove adjoined on the south side{ see also Stephenson: 206}. A memorial stone on the wall of this hut was inscribed with the words: `In Memory of Cleve Cole Died 1936'{ Stephenson: 214}. His death arose from a disastrous skiing trip across the Bogong High Plains with (Percy E ) Mick Hull and Howard Michell, all three being very experienced{ MP p.70}. The architect was Malcolm McColl, Tom Fisher and Harold Doughty acted as labourers on the construction while the stonework was formed by Art Downer and the foreman was M McLaren{ Stephenson (1982): 360f.}. McLaren remained on the site from the 21 February to 17 May 1937 to complete the work. The foundations were in place by March 1937. The huts origins are linked with the August General Meeting of the SCV when a committee, consisting of Gordon Brown (chair), Harold Brockhoff, V Letcher (Vic. Railways), AW Shands, D Gray and D Stogdale, was initiated to raise funds for a memorial hut on Mt Bogong. Other members coopted to the committee were H Doughty (scouts), AW Keown (Vict. Railways), Miss BM Kermode (treasurer and part of the Government Tourist Bureau) and M McColl (architect, designer of hut). Apart from its memorial function the hut would allow access to `really excellent ski runs, better than exist elsewhere in Victoria, becoming accessible to skiing enthusiasts on the highest mountain in the State'{ `Australian & New Zealand Ski Year Book' 1937, p51}. This could not be achieved without `a substantial building' and stone was opted for as the least likely to deteriorate in those conditions, resulting in a cost estimate of 500 pounds and a public appeal. Within 6 months, up until March 1937, they had raised 350 pounds and after a visit to the State Tourist Committee, they obtained 200 pound State Unemployment Fund grant for use to employ local labour in the hut construction. McColl (architect) and Doughty worked on erecting the hut in the summer of 1936-7, preparing three construction stages: the first being the public bunks (for 10) and living space (with fireplace), the second being a club bunk room served by heating slabs in the rear of the fireplace (locked, as club rooms), and the last stage was the kitchen, meal annexe and bathroom{ ibid.}. This plan also obtained approval from the SCV Hut & Trip sub-committee. This hut was one stage in a grand scheme for the mountain, one which might cause considerable controversy today. Then skiers used the Staircase Spur and Bivouac Hut to ascend to the slopes. This route was developed to Cole's plan which had meant the removal of `young timber which grows so vigorously along the crest of the ridge but more clearing and widening of the track was needed. A better solution was a new all-weather access road up the Big River Valley or another around the north or south face of the mountain and entering Camp Valley below the tree line ibid.}. Meanwhile the hut site access time had been cut down by an hour by road and track improvements via Staircase such that 4 hours on horse and 5 hours on foot from Cooper's property to the site was typical{ ibid.}. The Lone Scout section of the Boy Scouts Association had provided for the transport cost of the 11 tons of building materials from Melbourne to Tawonga (Cooper's). Local carter, Dudley Walker, packed the materials across the next 8 mile stage, costing some 19 pounds per ton and taking 6 weeks (February 21- April 7th) with 8 horses. Bright builder, George Sharpe who was experienced in stone construction, was selected to provide quantities and labour costing for the hut. Building materials were provided by H Parsons P/L at cost and D&W Chandler (Fitzroy hardware merchants) also provided discounts. The shell was of stone, with 2 feet high, 15" thick foundation walls set in reinforced concrete, with a damp course and the 12" thick walls built on them. Steps led to the entry area which had a large wood box and ski rack (20 pairs) and from there to the living area with its stone fireplace lined with fire bricks and flanked with two large drying cabinets (heated by slabs in the side of the fireplace and fitted with shelves for boots and hooks for clothes). Water from a spring some 420' distant, was piped into the kitchen bathroom section with its sink and draining board, shelves and a wash basin. There was also a colonial oven, a washing recess and hand pump, and a shower. This hut was thought to be the first to use double casements (double glazing) in a snow resort. The floor level was elevated and the roof was kept to a shallow grade to stop the snow from sliding off and building up around the entrance and windows. The final cost would be about 600 pounds. `The hut has been erected on a site which has a most commanding outlook with glorious views in all directions, has substantial firewood supply right on the spot and is very easily approached from the summit of the mountain'{ ibid.}. A little over 10 years later, the hut had deteriorated considerably to such an extent that its structural soundness would be questionable unless urgent work was done in the Summer of 1948-9. So reported its designed, Malcolm McColl. The main problem was a lack of flashing to one side of the chimney which allowed large quantities of snow to penetrate a 2" gap into the hut ceiling. The roofing also needed renailing and the stone chimney itself was not only too short (requiring an extension pipe to stop it smoking) but had nearly disintegrated. It needed rebuilding. The front steps had been almost destroyed as the mortar had not set in the original construction. The last painting was in 1941 and this too needed redoing at least annually. The putty was falling out and the window sashes coming to bits{ DCNR file H.019905 Report on Inspection of Cleve Cole Memorial Hut November 28-30 1948}. McColl thought that if the standard of maintenance was not kept up the users of the hut would not take care of it. In 1949, the SCV revealed plans to reduce the wear on the hut by building another unlocked shelter with two bunks and a stove nearby. The public would then be charged for access to the original hut on the same scale as members were for the club section of the hut. The money would go into a trust fund to maintain the building. The hut was thought to be the only comfortable accommodation on the Mountain and must remain accessible to the public if only to carry out the development plans of its namesake{ DCNR file H.019905 letter from SCV (H Cartledge) 13.12.49}. With the rapid development of Kiewa scheme and all its infrastructure, more people would soon have easy access to the area. Along with the repointing and rebuilding parts of the stonework, painting the woodwork `new green', renailing the roofing and inserting flashing, other works planned included provision of new high pressure chrome plated taps to basin and sink, one inch boarding to porch interior walls, new glass panes and puttying, new Whitco casement stays to all windows, painting of ceiling with Muraltone along with other interior woodwork, painting the kitchen and shower in light tones, removal of the wall between the kitchen and meal alcove and install kitchen bench around the alcove with shelves above, install shelves around bunks, repair Caneite ceiling and strapping, decrease number of bunks in clubroom and provide storage instead, and wired glass to lower bunk windows. The SCV also reacted to the complaints of local people over the locking up of the hut. The SCV pointed to the generous help provided by the old generation of cattlemen...
Foundation stone 12 Dec 1896 by Lady Victoria Buxton, wife of Governor, architect Alfred Wells, opened 18 Oct 1898.
“Children's Hospital . . . is now in its 20th year. . . It consists of seven wards containing 70 cots. There are eleven medical men attached to the staff, all honorary except the House Surgeon. There are fifteen nurses and a lady superintendent. . . the Hon. J. J. Duncan, has promised us the magnificent sum of £1,000 for himself and £250 for Mrs. Duncan — that is, one-half of the amount — on condition that we raise the other £1,250 within two months from now.” [Bunyip 5 Jun 1896]
“In the presence of a largo concourse of people and in fine weather the foundation stone of the new Isolation Wards, to be known as tho Allan Campbell Buildings, in connection with the Adelaide Children's Hospital, was laid by Lady Victoria Buxton. . . The site of the new structure is what has so long been known as 'The Devil's Half-acre’' at the corner of Poole and Kermode streets, North Adelaide. . . When Dr. Campbell began to devise the plans . . . he received stimulus and encouragement from an anonymous friend in the gift of £500 towards the work. . . He did not think the ladies and gentlemen present would feel very much surprised when he named that anonymous donor in the person of their old friend Mr. J. H. Angas. . . With his and Mrs. Angas's permission they were calling that ward, which stretched into space towards those beautiful eastern hills, the Susanne Ward, after the gracious lady who laid the foundation-stone of the noble structure so munificently presented to them by her husband.” [Register 14 Dec 1896
“The accommodation to be provided comprises two main wards and two observation wards. The main wards will contain eight beds and six beds respectively, two beds in the former being separated by glass cubicles for serious cases. . . At the junction of the two ward wings, and on the south western corner, is the bacteriological laboratory, of which Dr. Borthwick will have charge, and which is fitted up complete for nine students. It is proposed to use this also as a lecture-room. . . The successful tenderer is Mr. W. C. Torode, of Stirling West. In his tender he agreed to execute the 'whole work with freestone from his own quarry at Stirling West, including the quoins to external openings throughout, rock-faced, and drafted at angles. The building will be in the domestic Gothic style, suitable for a one-story erection such as this, and forming a harmonious contrast with the Angas Buildings adjoining. . . endeavour to make the building when complete comply with the latest hygienic principles.” [Register 12 Dec 1896]
WAY BUILDINGS
Foundation stone of first building 20 Jun 1878 by Samuel James Way, Esquire, Administrator of the Government, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, architect W McMinn, opened to patients 16 Aug 1879, formal opening 10 Oct 1879 by patroness, Lady Jervois, named the Way Buildings 1897, demolished 1967. A dispensary was opened in Currie Street & in a house on the North Adelaide property in 1877. These dispensaries offered advice to the needy; there were a few cots for temporary stay at the Currie St dispensary.
“The movement for the establishment of the Adelaide Children's Hospital and Training School for Nurses was initiated in 1876 by a meeting of ladies, of whom Lady Colton was one of the foremost. This meeting was followed shortly afterwards by a public gathering in White's Rooms, at which Mr. R. Barr Smith presided. Then the idea took a firm hold of the public mind.” [Evening Journal 2 May 1894]
“A letter was read from Mr. W. D. Scott, of North Adelaide, stating that he understood that the hospital building was to be erected on an allotment next to his property. He suggested the desirability of erecting it out of town, and intimated that if its being placed next to his house interfered with his comfort and the due enjoyment of his rights he would hold the Committee responsible. . . Mr. Scott should be assured that it was not the intention of the Hospital Committee to infect the neighbourhood, or to interfere in any way with his domestic comfort.” [Adelaide Observer 16 Jun 1877]
“Dr. Campbell reported having visited the cottage on the property purchased by the Committee, and stated that the alterations and repairs suggested by the medical staff and deemed necessary for opening an outdoor dispensary had been completed.” [Adelaide Observer 7 Jul 1877]
“As soon as the property passed into the hands of the Committee steps were taken to place the house existing on the site in a state of repair; and this house had been recently opened as an outdoor dispensary for sick children.” [Evening Journal 17 Oct 1877]
“Dr. Way reported that the honorary medical officers had decided to recommend that the dispensary should be opened daily at 9 a.m., and that the North Adelaide Dispensary should be open at the same hour. . . Dr. Campbell said that the dispensary in Currie-street would be open in about a week's time.” [Register 12 Dec 1877]
“A letter was received from Mrs. J. Colton, stating that she was anxious to endow a cot — the cost of which would be £30 annually — at the Dispensary, Currie-street. . . there was accommodation in the temporary dispensary for two or three more cots.” [Register 9 Jan 1878]
“The Committee of the Adelaide Children's Hospital have established dispensaries in the city, where the sick children of those of limited means and of the poor may obtain medical advice and medicine gratia. One of these dispensaries is at North Adelaide; the other in Currie-street, South Adelaide. The medical officers are in attendance daily at 9 o'clock a.m., for the purpose of giving advice to children of parents who otherwise would be unable to obtain these. Moreover an experienced nurse is constantly in charge in Currie-street, where cots have been provided, so that sick and injured little ones may have the benefit of skilful nursing and dean, airy rooms, unobtainable, perhaps, at their own homes.” [Register 15 May 1878]
“at present a Cottage Hospital at North Adelaide for the reception of indoor patients, where a dispensary also exists for outdoor patients. There is, moreover, another dispensary at the corner of Currie and Rosina streets, which has recently been fitted up for the accommodation of indoor patients.” [Adelaide Observer 1 Jun 1878]
“Two acres of land at, the corner of Avenue-road and Brougham-place, commonly known as ‘Fil's Garden’, were purchased for £2,550. . . An ancient building on the land has, however, been used for dispensing, and there is also a dispensary in Currie-street. . . The building to be erected at present consists of a basement and ground floors. . . the style being Elizabethan. The principal or eastern front is marked by projecting wings at the ends, surmounted with gables, a spacious verandah. . . Over the centre of the front is a gablet containing a two-light window, and forming the base of a ventilating turret. . . The walls of the basement are to be constructed of Glen Osmond slate stone; the external walls of the superstructure of Dry Creek stone; and the internal walls generally of brick.” [Express & Telegraph 21 Jun 1878]
“the Hospital would not be restricted to the treatment of city children only, but was intended to benefit sick children from any part of the colony.” [Express & Telegraph 1 Jul 1879]
“Adelaide Children’s Hospital. . . it was decided to erect a new wing for fever and ophthalmic cases, but that idea had been abandoned owing to the largeness of the estimated cost, which was £2,600. The board considered the sum a very large one to expend for the purpose, and so they purchased a house situated near the hospital, which it was intended to convert into wards for the cases mentioned.” [Advertiser 21 Apr 1882]
“The older portions of the Adelaide Children's Hospital are to be called ‘the Way Buildings’ in honor of the Chief Justice, who has been president of the institution from its opening.” [Chronicle 16 Oct 1897]
“Many charitable colonists came forward, and two years after the movement was started, on June 20, 1878, the foundation-stone of the first portion of the building (now known as Way Buildings) was laid. Meanwhile arrangements had been made for treating outpatients in North and South Adelaide, and the number of these received up to Sept. 30, 1878, was 1,915. The first in-patient was admitted on August 6, 1879. Since that date the buildings have been enlarged and added to from, time to time.” [Critic, Adelaide 23 May 1903]
A round up of some visits from nearly a decade ago when I just posted general shots, to my surprise I took shots of details too, and didn't post them at the time.
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Monday 10th September 2012
I can now reveal that being on Holiday is officially better than being at work. It is a Monday morning, and we have bottled another batch of beer, and i have mopped the floor as we did manage to mess it up, slightly. The house now smells like a brewery, which would not be a bad thing only it was just eight in the morning, and it is a tad early for beer, even for me. In an exciting move, we are heading to Tesco in a while to get ingredients for out Christmas cakes.
Yes, cakes. One is never enough. A couple of years ago, we tried one in November and had to bake another one to replace it. We don't marzipan or ice them, and just leave them with their cakey goodness and Christmas spiciness.
Friday seemed to go on forever until it got to five to four and it was time to head home. The technicians had come ashore early and gone home, so I had the office to myself, therefore my hearty laughing at the Kermode and Mayo film review went unheard except by me.
So, off to Tesco for a week's shopping, and ended up getting enough stuff to last the weekend. And once that was done and paid for, loaded up the car and back home and now the holiday could really begin.
And Friday night was spent watching football. Yes, now the Olympics and Paralympics are coming to an end, it means we must return, ashamed like a unfaithful lover to the old dependable. And England began their World Cup qualifying campaign with an away game against Moldova. I did have to ask Jools to Google Moldova to find where it was, as I really didn't have a clue.
Anyway, it is behind the fridge just to the lest of Romania, apparently.
And England strung together at least 5 passes, played well, and scored 5 goals; and yet managed to look unconvincing switching off several times, just before half time and in the second half and could have easily conceded goals. Just to remind you, by some quirk, England are currently ranked the third best team IN THE WORLD, which I suppose goes to show just how much you should trust information coming out of FIFA towers.
Saturday morning after breakfast we headed to Mongeham for some foraging action, so we can make jam and jellies. We knew of a footpath behind a garage that is just lined with plum and greengage trees. We picked a couple of pounds and then headed on up the A20 and M20 to head to The Weald for a tour of 'interesting' churches.
Each year English Heritage organises a long weekend where many buildings are open for people like us to visit and photograph. Last spring we visited St Lawrence at Mereworth; and while is it a wonderfully beautiful church, the doors were locked and we wanted to see inside.
First of all we headed inside the M25 to a tiny, but beautiful village on the edge of the Weald where stockbrokers and hedge fund managers have their homes with fine views onto the Garden of england. All along the main road huge gates with security cameras guarded the mock-Tudor mansions hidden behind mature trees.
We turned off down a narrow lane and headed towards to small village of Trottiscliffe; which is not pronounced the way it is spelt so to make the unwary visitor appear stupid. It is pronounced 'Trozli', if Wiki is to be believed.
At the end of a long dead end road leading to a row of cottages and an old stable block is the church. I don't think i have ever seen a church in a more perfect location, it is one of those places that you have to be going as you'll never just pass it.
There was a churchwarden waiting at the door and happy to answer questions and tell us the history of the church. Dominating the tiny church is, what I now know to be from Westminister Abbey is the biggest pulpit I have seen outside a er, cathedral.
We take our leave and head to Mereworth.
We were the only visitors at the church, we parked the car on the verge outside, took in the glorious design of the church before going in. First thing you do see is a pair of spiral staircases; one to the gallery and the other to the bell tower. And straight ahead is a simple wooden door leading to the main body of the church.
I won't try to describe the church, please use the link on the pictures to go to my Flickrstream. The design is glorious, and looking pristine as it has just been restored to its former glory. Or original glory.
Once again there was a churchwarden to greet us, offer us refreshments and answer any questions.
The warden at Spedhurst stressed that we should not miss Groombridge, and as that was next on our list, that is where we headed to next. At least by now the churches were just a mile or two apart and we were rattling through them.
St John the Evangalist is a small chapel, once part of a large estate, dominated by many wonderful 18th century windows and a single handed clock. An old gentleman welcomed us and handed us another leaflet. The mechanism for the clock sits in front of one of the windows, and it's loud ticking and tocking fills the church.
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ASHURST.
LIES southwestward from Bidborough on the confines of this county next Sussex, from which it is separated both on the south and west sides by a small stream.
This place is written in the Textus Roffensis, AISCHERST. It took its name from the Saxon word, asces, ash trees, and the British byrst, i. e. the wood of ashes.
ASHURST lies at the southern boundaries of this county, a stream of the Medway separating it from Sussex, and bounding the western and southern sides of this parish. It is in the hundred of Wachlingstone, which here joins the rest of it by a narrow slip running eastward by Tophill and Mitchel's farms, towards Rusthall common and Bishopsdown in Speldhurst. The northern part of it joins both to Penshurst and Speldhurst, in the hundred of Somerden, a part of which joins the western part of this parish, separated from the rest of that hundred, and containing the hamlet of Groombridge, in Speldhurst. This parish consists of hill and dale, the western part is woody, the soil a stiff clay, wet and miry, and rather unfertile. The church is situated on the west side of the parish, about a quar ter of a mile from the river, which here separating, forms a small island, on each side of which there is a bridge, over which the road leads into Sussex; there is no village, the houses being interspersed at different spots throughout it. In this parish is a seat and estate, called Ashurst-place, formerly admiral Forbes's, now the property and residence of Peter Lesevre, esq. (fn. 1)
THE MANOR OF ASHURST, with the manor of Buckland appendant, was part of those lands assigned to Jeffry de Peverel, for his assistance in the defence of Dover-castle, and with other lands made up the barony of Peverel, as it was then called, being held of that castle in capite by barony.
Nicholas de Gerund afterwards held this manor, and its appendage of Buckland, and the advowson of the church of Ashurst, of the king in capite, and died possessed of them in the 52d year of king Henry III. His descendant, Richard Gerund, in the reign of king Edward III. leaving an only daughter Maud; she carried them in marriage to Sir Henry de Chalshunt, who bore for his arms, three bends ermine, and he died possessed of them in the 45th year of it, anno 1370, holding them in capite, and performing ward to the castle of Dover.
They continued in his descendants till Henry V.'s reign, when by the heir general of this family they came to Robert le Hadde, who was afterwards of Frinsted, in this county; (fn. 2) his descendant, Rob. Hadde, esq. of Frinsted, in the beginning of the reign of king Henry VIII. conveyed this estate to William Waller, esq. of Groombridge, who died in the 18th year of that reign, and it continued in his descendants till Sir Thomas Waller, in the reign of queen Elizabeth, alienated it to Thomas Sackville, earl of Dorset, and lord treasurer of England, who died possessed of it in 1608. His grandson, Richard, earl of Dorset, conveyed the manor of Ashurst, with its appendages, to Sir George Rivers, of Chafford, whose eldest son, John Rivers, esq. was created a baronet in the 19th year of king James I. two years after which his lands, as well as those of his father, were disgavelled by an act then particularly passed for that purpose. On his father's death he succeeded him in this estate, which continued in his descendants until Sir George Rivers, bart. dying in 1734 without issue male, by his will devised it, with his seat of Chafford, among his other real estates, to his five natural children, but his surviving legitimate daughters, and the heirs of those deceased, filed a bill in chancery to set this devise aside, and after a process at law, and several decrees, the court ordered the estates to be sold in 1743, (fn. 3) which this of Ashurst, together with Chafford, accordingly was to Mr. William Saxby, gent. of Horsted Cayns, in Suffex, who died possessed of it in 1783, in which it was afterwards sold in pursuance of his will to Robert Burges, esq. of Lyghe, who died in 1794, since which his widow, Mrs. Sarah Burges, re-marrying James Harbroc, esq. he is become in her right the present possessor of this estate.
A court baron is held for this manor, a heriot is paid on the death of a tenant of the best live beast.
There are no parochial charities. The poor relieved yearly are about eleven.
ASHURST is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Rochester, and deanry of Malling.
¶The church is a low mean building, with a wooden steeple, over the porch are the arms of Sir John Rivers, who gave the dial. There are no memorials in it. In this church, before the reformation, was a famous rood, or crucifix, which was much resorted to for its supposed miraculous powers.
This rectory is a discharged living, of the clear yearly value, as certified, of thirty-five pounds, the yearly tenths of which are 10s. 5½d.
The church of Ashurst was antiently esteemed as an appendage to the manor, and continued so till the reign of king James I. when Richard, earl of Dorset, alienating the manor, reserved the church to himself; since which it has continued in his descendants, the present patron being his grace, John, duke of Dorset.
Ross.
Like Oatlands Ross was originally a garrison settlement set up in 1821. The site was selected by Governor Macquarie himself and named after the town of Ross in Scotland. The town progressed slowly and was not surveyed until 1844 but it grew from the early 1820s. The Macquarie River flows through the town and it is crossed by another famous bridge- the Ross Bridge, built by convicts and designed by John Lee Archer for Governor Arthur in 1836. It is embellished with stone carvings by Daniel Herbert one of the convicts and is the third oldest, and most beautiful bridge in Australia. Herbert was pardoned for his work and lived the rest of his life in Ross. The delightful main street has many interesting buildings including the Tasmanian Wool Centre (free admission), an unusual post office (mid 19th century), and the historic Georgian style Man O’Ross Hotel (1831). The first Man O’Ross hotel was opened in 1817! Nearby is the charming Methodist Church (1885) in a commanding position on the hill near the Female Factory (prison) which operated between 1833 and 1854. Walk around the ruins of this prison that housed 12,000 female convicts during this short period as a probation station. The buildings included a chapel, dining rooms, hospital, nursery, solitary cells, and dormitories. Women were taught how to sew, clean, cook, launder and care for their children. You can see the Overseer’s Cottage. There are few remains above ground, but the Ross Female Factory is the largest intact female convict site in Australia. The shady English trees, the fast running river, and the warm sandstone buildings give Ross a very English feel. The rich pastoral country around Ross is home to some grand mansions that do not, of course, allow visitors. They include Mona Vale 1865, home to the Kermode family( they were married to the Archers of Longford); Somercotes 1840 ( belonged to the Horton family); Lochiel 1839 ( another Kermode property); Beaufront 1837 (owned by Arthur Smith); and Ellenthorp 1827 ( built for George Clarke). Mona Vale is one of the largest and grandest houses in Australia and in my view Beaufront is one of the most beautiful historic homesteads!
Foundation stone 12 Dec 1896 by Lady Victoria Buxton, wife of Governor, architect Alfred Wells, opened 18 Oct 1898.
“Children's Hospital . . . is now in its 20th year. . . It consists of seven wards containing 70 cots. There are eleven medical men attached to the staff, all honorary except the House Surgeon. There are fifteen nurses and a lady superintendent. . . the Hon. J. J. Duncan, has promised us the magnificent sum of £1,000 for himself and £250 for Mrs. Duncan — that is, one-half of the amount — on condition that we raise the other £1,250 within two months from now.” [Bunyip 5 Jun 1896]
“In the presence of a largo concourse of people and in fine weather the foundation stone of the new Isolation Wards, to be known as tho Allan Campbell Buildings, in connection with the Adelaide Children's Hospital, was laid by Lady Victoria Buxton. . . The site of the new structure is what has so long been known as 'The Devil's Half-acre’' at the corner of Poole and Kermode streets, North Adelaide. . . When Dr. Campbell began to devise the plans . . . he received stimulus and encouragement from an anonymous friend in the gift of £500 towards the work. . . He did not think the ladies and gentlemen present would feel very much surprised when he named that anonymous donor in the person of their old friend Mr. J. H. Angas. . . With his and Mrs. Angas's permission they were calling that ward, which stretched into space towards those beautiful eastern hills, the Susanne Ward, after the gracious lady who laid the foundation-stone of the noble structure so munificently presented to them by her husband.” [Register 14 Dec 1896
“The accommodation to be provided comprises two main wards and two observation wards. The main wards will contain eight beds and six beds respectively, two beds in the former being separated by glass cubicles for serious cases. . . At the junction of the two ward wings, and on the south western corner, is the bacteriological laboratory, of which Dr. Borthwick will have charge, and which is fitted up complete for nine students. It is proposed to use this also as a lecture-room. . . The successful tenderer is Mr. W. C. Torode, of Stirling West. In his tender he agreed to execute the 'whole work with freestone from his own quarry at Stirling West, including the quoins to external openings throughout, rock-faced, and drafted at angles. The building will be in the domestic Gothic style, suitable for a one-story erection such as this, and forming a harmonious contrast with the Angas Buildings adjoining. . . endeavour to make the building when complete comply with the latest hygienic principles.” [Register 12 Dec 1896]
WAY BUILDINGS
Foundation stone of first building 20 Jun 1878 by Samuel James Way, Esquire, Administrator of the Government, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, architect W McMinn, opened to patients 16 Aug 1879, formal opening 10 Oct 1879 by patroness, Lady Jervois, named the Way Buildings 1897, demolished 1967. A dispensary was opened in Currie Street & in a house on the North Adelaide property in 1877. These dispensaries offered advice to the needy; there were a few cots for temporary stay at the Currie St dispensary.
“The movement for the establishment of the Adelaide Children's Hospital and Training School for Nurses was initiated in 1876 by a meeting of ladies, of whom Lady Colton was one of the foremost. This meeting was followed shortly afterwards by a public gathering in White's Rooms, at which Mr. R. Barr Smith presided. Then the idea took a firm hold of the public mind.” [Evening Journal 2 May 1894]
“A letter was read from Mr. W. D. Scott, of North Adelaide, stating that he understood that the hospital building was to be erected on an allotment next to his property. He suggested the desirability of erecting it out of town, and intimated that if its being placed next to his house interfered with his comfort and the due enjoyment of his rights he would hold the Committee responsible. . . Mr. Scott should be assured that it was not the intention of the Hospital Committee to infect the neighbourhood, or to interfere in any way with his domestic comfort.” [Adelaide Observer 16 Jun 1877]
“Dr. Campbell reported having visited the cottage on the property purchased by the Committee, and stated that the alterations and repairs suggested by the medical staff and deemed necessary for opening an outdoor dispensary had been completed.” [Adelaide Observer 7 Jul 1877]
“As soon as the property passed into the hands of the Committee steps were taken to place the house existing on the site in a state of repair; and this house had been recently opened as an outdoor dispensary for sick children.” [Evening Journal 17 Oct 1877]
“Dr. Way reported that the honorary medical officers had decided to recommend that the dispensary should be opened daily at 9 a.m., and that the North Adelaide Dispensary should be open at the same hour. . . Dr. Campbell said that the dispensary in Currie-street would be open in about a week's time.” [Register 12 Dec 1877]
“A letter was received from Mrs. J. Colton, stating that she was anxious to endow a cot — the cost of which would be £30 annually — at the Dispensary, Currie-street. . . there was accommodation in the temporary dispensary for two or three more cots.” [Register 9 Jan 1878]
“The Committee of the Adelaide Children's Hospital have established dispensaries in the city, where the sick children of those of limited means and of the poor may obtain medical advice and medicine gratia. One of these dispensaries is at North Adelaide; the other in Currie-street, South Adelaide. The medical officers are in attendance daily at 9 o'clock a.m., for the purpose of giving advice to children of parents who otherwise would be unable to obtain these. Moreover an experienced nurse is constantly in charge in Currie-street, where cots have been provided, so that sick and injured little ones may have the benefit of skilful nursing and dean, airy rooms, unobtainable, perhaps, at their own homes.” [Register 15 May 1878]
“at present a Cottage Hospital at North Adelaide for the reception of indoor patients, where a dispensary also exists for outdoor patients. There is, moreover, another dispensary at the corner of Currie and Rosina streets, which has recently been fitted up for the accommodation of indoor patients.” [Adelaide Observer 1 Jun 1878]
“Two acres of land at, the corner of Avenue-road and Brougham-place, commonly known as ‘Fil's Garden’, were purchased for £2,550. . . An ancient building on the land has, however, been used for dispensing, and there is also a dispensary in Currie-street. . . The building to be erected at present consists of a basement and ground floors. . . the style being Elizabethan. The principal or eastern front is marked by projecting wings at the ends, surmounted with gables, a spacious verandah. . . Over the centre of the front is a gablet containing a two-light window, and forming the base of a ventilating turret. . . The walls of the basement are to be constructed of Glen Osmond slate stone; the external walls of the superstructure of Dry Creek stone; and the internal walls generally of brick.” [Express & Telegraph 21 Jun 1878]
“the Hospital would not be restricted to the treatment of city children only, but was intended to benefit sick children from any part of the colony.” [Express & Telegraph 1 Jul 1879]
“Adelaide Children’s Hospital. . . it was decided to erect a new wing for fever and ophthalmic cases, but that idea had been abandoned owing to the largeness of the estimated cost, which was £2,600. The board considered the sum a very large one to expend for the purpose, and so they purchased a house situated near the hospital, which it was intended to convert into wards for the cases mentioned.” [Advertiser 21 Apr 1882]
“The older portions of the Adelaide Children's Hospital are to be called ‘the Way Buildings’ in honor of the Chief Justice, who has been president of the institution from its opening.” [Chronicle 16 Oct 1897]
“Many charitable colonists came forward, and two years after the movement was started, on June 20, 1878, the foundation-stone of the first portion of the building (now known as Way Buildings) was laid. Meanwhile arrangements had been made for treating outpatients in North and South Adelaide, and the number of these received up to Sept. 30, 1878, was 1,915. The first in-patient was admitted on August 6, 1879. Since that date the buildings have been enlarged and added to from, time to time.” [Critic, Adelaide 23 May 1903]
Foundation stone 12 Dec 1896 by Lady Victoria Buxton, wife of Governor, architect Alfred Wells, opened 18 Oct 1898.
“Children's Hospital . . . is now in its 20th year. . . It consists of seven wards containing 70 cots. There are eleven medical men attached to the staff, all honorary except the House Surgeon. There are fifteen nurses and a lady superintendent. . . the Hon. J. J. Duncan, has promised us the magnificent sum of £1,000 for himself and £250 for Mrs. Duncan — that is, one-half of the amount — on condition that we raise the other £1,250 within two months from now.” [Bunyip 5 Jun 1896]
“In the presence of a largo concourse of people and in fine weather the foundation stone of the new Isolation Wards, to be known as tho Allan Campbell Buildings, in connection with the Adelaide Children's Hospital, was laid by Lady Victoria Buxton. . . The site of the new structure is what has so long been known as 'The Devil's Half-acre’' at the corner of Poole and Kermode streets, North Adelaide. . . When Dr. Campbell began to devise the plans . . . he received stimulus and encouragement from an anonymous friend in the gift of £500 towards the work. . . He did not think the ladies and gentlemen present would feel very much surprised when he named that anonymous donor in the person of their old friend Mr. J. H. Angas. . . With his and Mrs. Angas's permission they were calling that ward, which stretched into space towards those beautiful eastern hills, the Susanne Ward, after the gracious lady who laid the foundation-stone of the noble structure so munificently presented to them by her husband.” [Register 14 Dec 1896
“The accommodation to be provided comprises two main wards and two observation wards. The main wards will contain eight beds and six beds respectively, two beds in the former being separated by glass cubicles for serious cases. . . At the junction of the two ward wings, and on the south western corner, is the bacteriological laboratory, of which Dr. Borthwick will have charge, and which is fitted up complete for nine students. It is proposed to use this also as a lecture-room. . . The successful tenderer is Mr. W. C. Torode, of Stirling West. In his tender he agreed to execute the 'whole work with freestone from his own quarry at Stirling West, including the quoins to external openings throughout, rock-faced, and drafted at angles. The building will be in the domestic Gothic style, suitable for a one-story erection such as this, and forming a harmonious contrast with the Angas Buildings adjoining. . . endeavour to make the building when complete comply with the latest hygienic principles.” [Register 12 Dec 1896]
WAY BUILDINGS
Foundation stone of first building 20 Jun 1878 by Samuel James Way, Esquire, Administrator of the Government, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, architect W McMinn, opened to patients 16 Aug 1879, formal opening 10 Oct 1879 by patroness, Lady Jervois, named the Way Buildings 1897, demolished 1967. A dispensary was opened in Currie Street & in a house on the North Adelaide property in 1877. These dispensaries offered advice to the needy; there were a few cots for temporary stay at the Currie St dispensary.
“The movement for the establishment of the Adelaide Children's Hospital and Training School for Nurses was initiated in 1876 by a meeting of ladies, of whom Lady Colton was one of the foremost. This meeting was followed shortly afterwards by a public gathering in White's Rooms, at which Mr. R. Barr Smith presided. Then the idea took a firm hold of the public mind.” [Evening Journal 2 May 1894]
“A letter was read from Mr. W. D. Scott, of North Adelaide, stating that he understood that the hospital building was to be erected on an allotment next to his property. He suggested the desirability of erecting it out of town, and intimated that if its being placed next to his house interfered with his comfort and the due enjoyment of his rights he would hold the Committee responsible. . . Mr. Scott should be assured that it was not the intention of the Hospital Committee to infect the neighbourhood, or to interfere in any way with his domestic comfort.” [Adelaide Observer 16 Jun 1877]
“Dr. Campbell reported having visited the cottage on the property purchased by the Committee, and stated that the alterations and repairs suggested by the medical staff and deemed necessary for opening an outdoor dispensary had been completed.” [Adelaide Observer 7 Jul 1877]
“As soon as the property passed into the hands of the Committee steps were taken to place the house existing on the site in a state of repair; and this house had been recently opened as an outdoor dispensary for sick children.” [Evening Journal 17 Oct 1877]
“Dr. Way reported that the honorary medical officers had decided to recommend that the dispensary should be opened daily at 9 a.m., and that the North Adelaide Dispensary should be open at the same hour. . . Dr. Campbell said that the dispensary in Currie-street would be open in about a week's time.” [Register 12 Dec 1877]
“A letter was received from Mrs. J. Colton, stating that she was anxious to endow a cot — the cost of which would be £30 annually — at the Dispensary, Currie-street. . . there was accommodation in the temporary dispensary for two or three more cots.” [Register 9 Jan 1878]
“The Committee of the Adelaide Children's Hospital have established dispensaries in the city, where the sick children of those of limited means and of the poor may obtain medical advice and medicine gratia. One of these dispensaries is at North Adelaide; the other in Currie-street, South Adelaide. The medical officers are in attendance daily at 9 o'clock a.m., for the purpose of giving advice to children of parents who otherwise would be unable to obtain these. Moreover an experienced nurse is constantly in charge in Currie-street, where cots have been provided, so that sick and injured little ones may have the benefit of skilful nursing and dean, airy rooms, unobtainable, perhaps, at their own homes.” [Register 15 May 1878]
“at present a Cottage Hospital at North Adelaide for the reception of indoor patients, where a dispensary also exists for outdoor patients. There is, moreover, another dispensary at the corner of Currie and Rosina streets, which has recently been fitted up for the accommodation of indoor patients.” [Adelaide Observer 1 Jun 1878]
“Two acres of land at, the corner of Avenue-road and Brougham-place, commonly known as ‘Fil's Garden’, were purchased for £2,550. . . An ancient building on the land has, however, been used for dispensing, and there is also a dispensary in Currie-street. . . The building to be erected at present consists of a basement and ground floors. . . the style being Elizabethan. The principal or eastern front is marked by projecting wings at the ends, surmounted with gables, a spacious verandah. . . Over the centre of the front is a gablet containing a two-light window, and forming the base of a ventilating turret. . . The walls of the basement are to be constructed of Glen Osmond slate stone; the external walls of the superstructure of Dry Creek stone; and the internal walls generally of brick.” [Express & Telegraph 21 Jun 1878]
“the Hospital would not be restricted to the treatment of city children only, but was intended to benefit sick children from any part of the colony.” [Express & Telegraph 1 Jul 1879]
“Adelaide Children’s Hospital. . . it was decided to erect a new wing for fever and ophthalmic cases, but that idea had been abandoned owing to the largeness of the estimated cost, which was £2,600. The board considered the sum a very large one to expend for the purpose, and so they purchased a house situated near the hospital, which it was intended to convert into wards for the cases mentioned.” [Advertiser 21 Apr 1882]
“The older portions of the Adelaide Children's Hospital are to be called ‘the Way Buildings’ in honor of the Chief Justice, who has been president of the institution from its opening.” [Chronicle 16 Oct 1897]
“Many charitable colonists came forward, and two years after the movement was started, on June 20, 1878, the foundation-stone of the first portion of the building (now known as Way Buildings) was laid. Meanwhile arrangements had been made for treating outpatients in North and South Adelaide, and the number of these received up to Sept. 30, 1878, was 1,915. The first in-patient was admitted on August 6, 1879. Since that date the buildings have been enlarged and added to from, time to time.” [Critic, Adelaide 23 May 1903]
Rallye Sunseeker Historique - 27th February 2010
Adrian Kermode / Maurice Beckett - Austin Mini Cooper S - 7196 UZ
Victorian Alpine Huts survey, for Parks Victoria 1994-5.
Built in 1937 for the Ski Club of Victoria and dedicated to a pioneer skier, Cleve Cole, this hut was illustrated in the club's journal `Schuss' as a rubble stone gabled building with casement widows and stone chimney. Larger than most cattlemen's huts, the design had a porch and wood box, a living space with a 10 person bunk at one end and a bunk room with heating slabs at the other. In the centre was the fireplace. A kitchen and eating alcove adjoined on the south side{ see also Stephenson: 206}. A memorial stone on the wall of this hut was inscribed with the words: `In Memory of Cleve Cole Died 1936'{ Stephenson: 214}. His death arose from a disastrous skiing trip across the Bogong High Plains with (Percy E ) Mick Hull and Howard Michell, all three being very experienced{ MP p.70}. The architect was Malcolm McColl, Tom Fisher and Harold Doughty acted as labourers on the construction while the stonework was formed by Art Downer and the foreman was M McLaren{ Stephenson (1982): 360f.}. McLaren remained on the site from the 21 February to 17 May 1937 to complete the work. The foundations were in place by March 1937. The huts origins are linked with the August General Meeting of the SCV when a committee, consisting of Gordon Brown (chair), Harold Brockhoff, V Letcher (Vic. Railways), AW Shands, D Gray and D Stogdale, was initiated to raise funds for a memorial hut on Mt Bogong. Other members coopted to the committee were H Doughty (scouts), AW Keown (Vict. Railways), Miss BM Kermode (treasurer and part of the Government Tourist Bureau) and M McColl (architect, designer of hut). Apart from its memorial function the hut would allow access to `really excellent ski runs, better than exist elsewhere in Victoria, becoming accessible to skiing enthusiasts on the highest mountain in the State'{ `Australian & New Zealand Ski Year Book' 1937, p51}. This could not be achieved without `a substantial building' and stone was opted for as the least likely to deteriorate in those conditions, resulting in a cost estimate of 500 pounds and a public appeal. Within 6 months, up until March 1937, they had raised 350 pounds and after a visit to the State Tourist Committee, they obtained 200 pound State Unemployment Fund grant for use to employ local labour in the hut construction. McColl (architect) and Doughty worked on erecting the hut in the summer of 1936-7, preparing three construction stages: the first being the public bunks (for 10) and living space (with fireplace), the second being a club bunk room served by heating slabs in the rear of the fireplace (locked, as club rooms), and the last stage was the kitchen, meal annexe and bathroom{ ibid.}. This plan also obtained approval from the SCV Hut & Trip sub-committee. This hut was one stage in a grand scheme for the mountain, one which might cause considerable controversy today. Then skiers used the Staircase Spur and Bivouac Hut to ascend to the slopes. This route was developed to Cole's plan which had meant the removal of `young timber which grows so vigorously along the crest of the ridge but more clearing and widening of the track was needed. A better solution was a new all-weather access road up the Big River Valley or another around the north or south face of the mountain and entering Camp Valley below the tree line ibid.}. Meanwhile the hut site access time had been cut down by an hour by road and track improvements via Staircase such that 4 hours on horse and 5 hours on foot from Cooper's property to the site was typical{ ibid.}. The Lone Scout section of the Boy Scouts Association had provided for the transport cost of the 11 tons of building materials from Melbourne to Tawonga (Cooper's). Local carter, Dudley Walker, packed the materials across the next 8 mile stage, costing some 19 pounds per ton and taking 6 weeks (February 21- April 7th) with 8 horses. Bright builder, George Sharpe who was experienced in stone construction, was selected to provide quantities and labour costing for the hut. Building materials were provided by H Parsons P/L at cost and D&W Chandler (Fitzroy hardware merchants) also provided discounts. The shell was of stone, with 2 feet high, 15" thick foundation walls set in reinforced concrete, with a damp course and the 12" thick walls built on them. Steps led to the entry area which had a large wood box and ski rack (20 pairs) and from there to the living area with its stone fireplace lined with fire bricks and flanked with two large drying cabinets (heated by slabs in the side of the fireplace and fitted with shelves for boots and hooks for clothes). Water from a spring some 420' distant, was piped into the kitchen bathroom section with its sink and draining board, shelves and a wash basin. There was also a colonial oven, a washing recess and hand pump, and a shower. This hut was thought to be the first to use double casements (double glazing) in a snow resort. The floor level was elevated and the roof was kept to a shallow grade to stop the snow from sliding off and building up around the entrance and windows. The final cost would be about 600 pounds. `The hut has been erected on a site which has a most commanding outlook with glorious views in all directions, has substantial firewood supply right on the spot and is very easily approached from the summit of the mountain'{ ibid.}. A little over 10 years later, the hut had deteriorated considerably to such an extent that its structural soundness would be questionable unless urgent work was done in the Summer of 1948-9. So reported its designed, Malcolm McColl. The main problem was a lack of flashing to one side of the chimney which allowed large quantities of snow to penetrate a 2" gap into the hut ceiling. The roofing also needed renailing and the stone chimney itself was not only too short (requiring an extension pipe to stop it smoking) but had nearly disintegrated. It needed rebuilding. The front steps had been almost destroyed as the mortar had not set in the original construction. The last painting was in 1941 and this too needed redoing at least annually. The putty was falling out and the window sashes coming to bits{ DCNR file H.019905 Report on Inspection of Cleve Cole Memorial Hut November 28-30 1948}. McColl thought that if the standard of maintenance was not kept up the users of the hut would not take care of it. In 1949, the SCV revealed plans to reduce the wear on the hut by building another unlocked shelter with two bunks and a stove nearby. The public would then be charged for access to the original hut on the same scale as members were for the club section of the hut. The money would go into a trust fund to maintain the building. The hut was thought to be the only comfortable accommodation on the Mountain and must remain accessible to the public if only to carry out the development plans of its namesake{ DCNR file H.019905 letter from SCV (H Cartledge) 13.12.49}. With the rapid development of Kiewa scheme and all its infrastructure, more people would soon have easy access to the area. Along with the repointing and rebuilding parts of the stonework, painting the woodwork `new green', renailing the roofing and inserting flashing, other works planned included provision of new high pressure chrome plated taps to basin and sink, one inch boarding to porch interior walls, new glass panes and puttying, new Whitco casement stays to all windows, painting of ceiling with Muraltone along with other interior woodwork, painting the kitchen and shower in light tones, removal of the wall between the kitchen and meal alcove and install kitchen bench around the alcove with shelves above, install shelves around bunks, repair Caneite ceiling and strapping, decrease number of bunks in clubroom and provide storage instead, and wired glass to lower bunk windows. The SCV also reacted to the complaints of local people over the locking up of the hut. The SCV pointed to the generous help provided by the old generation of cattlemen...
I've photographed a few black bears this year, but this was the only "blonde" coloured one, captured here feasting on dandelions down on the Atlin Road in June. The light ones are uncommon, but not rare in the southwest Yukon. Further south the white Kermode "Spirit" bear is found and nearby coastal southeast Alaska is home to the silver "Glacier" black bear. This one appears to have a mix of light colours including some reddish brown tones in the frontal areas, apparently genes from several subspecies present here. At first, I wasn't sure if it was a grizzly or a black bear. More images below:
Victorian Alpine Huts survey, for Parks Victoria 1994-5.
Built in 1937 for the Ski Club of Victoria and dedicated to a pioneer skier, Cleve Cole, this hut was illustrated in the club's journal `Schuss' as a rubble stone gabled building with casement widows and stone chimney. Larger than most cattlemen's huts, the design had a porch and wood box, a living space with a 10 person bunk at one end and a bunk room with heating slabs at the other. In the centre was the fireplace. A kitchen and eating alcove adjoined on the south side{ see also Stephenson: 206}. A memorial stone on the wall of this hut was inscribed with the words: `In Memory of Cleve Cole Died 1936'{ Stephenson: 214}. His death arose from a disastrous skiing trip across the Bogong High Plains with (Percy E ) Mick Hull and Howard Michell, all three being very experienced{ MP p.70}. The architect was Malcolm McColl, Tom Fisher and Harold Doughty acted as labourers on the construction while the stonework was formed by Art Downer and the foreman was M McLaren{ Stephenson (1982): 360f.}. McLaren remained on the site from the 21 February to 17 May 1937 to complete the work. The foundations were in place by March 1937. The huts origins are linked with the August General Meeting of the SCV when a committee, consisting of Gordon Brown (chair), Harold Brockhoff, V Letcher (Vic. Railways), AW Shands, D Gray and D Stogdale, was initiated to raise funds for a memorial hut on Mt Bogong. Other members coopted to the committee were H Doughty (scouts), AW Keown (Vict. Railways), Miss BM Kermode (treasurer and part of the Government Tourist Bureau) and M McColl (architect, designer of hut). Apart from its memorial function the hut would allow access to `really excellent ski runs, better than exist elsewhere in Victoria, becoming accessible to skiing enthusiasts on the highest mountain in the State'{ `Australian & New Zealand Ski Year Book' 1937, p51}. This could not be achieved without `a substantial building' and stone was opted for as the least likely to deteriorate in those conditions, resulting in a cost estimate of 500 pounds and a public appeal. Within 6 months, up until March 1937, they had raised 350 pounds and after a visit to the State Tourist Committee, they obtained 200 pound State Unemployment Fund grant for use to employ local labour in the hut construction. McColl (architect) and Doughty worked on erecting the hut in the summer of 1936-7, preparing three construction stages: the first being the public bunks (for 10) and living space (with fireplace), the second being a club bunk room served by heating slabs in the rear of the fireplace (locked, as club rooms), and the last stage was the kitchen, meal annexe and bathroom{ ibid.}. This plan also obtained approval from the SCV Hut & Trip sub-committee. This hut was one stage in a grand scheme for the mountain, one which might cause considerable controversy today. Then skiers used the Staircase Spur and Bivouac Hut to ascend to the slopes. This route was developed to Cole's plan which had meant the removal of `young timber which grows so vigorously along the crest of the ridge but more clearing and widening of the track was needed. A better solution was a new all-weather access road up the Big River Valley or another around the north or south face of the mountain and entering Camp Valley below the tree line ibid.}. Meanwhile the hut site access time had been cut down by an hour by road and track improvements via Staircase such that 4 hours on horse and 5 hours on foot from Cooper's property to the site was typical{ ibid.}. The Lone Scout section of the Boy Scouts Association had provided for the transport cost of the 11 tons of building materials from Melbourne to Tawonga (Cooper's). Local carter, Dudley Walker, packed the materials across the next 8 mile stage, costing some 19 pounds per ton and taking 6 weeks (February 21- April 7th) with 8 horses. Bright builder, George Sharpe who was experienced in stone construction, was selected to provide quantities and labour costing for the hut. Building materials were provided by H Parsons P/L at cost and D&W Chandler (Fitzroy hardware merchants) also provided discounts. The shell was of stone, with 2 feet high, 15" thick foundation walls set in reinforced concrete, with a damp course and the 12" thick walls built on them. Steps led to the entry area which had a large wood box and ski rack (20 pairs) and from there to the living area with its stone fireplace lined with fire bricks and flanked with two large drying cabinets (heated by slabs in the side of the fireplace and fitted with shelves for boots and hooks for clothes). Water from a spring some 420' distant, was piped into the kitchen bathroom section with its sink and draining board, shelves and a wash basin. There was also a colonial oven, a washing recess and hand pump, and a shower. This hut was thought to be the first to use double casements (double glazing) in a snow resort. The floor level was elevated and the roof was kept to a shallow grade to stop the snow from sliding off and building up around the entrance and windows. The final cost would be about 600 pounds. `The hut has been erected on a site which has a most commanding outlook with glorious views in all directions, has substantial firewood supply right on the spot and is very easily approached from the summit of the mountain'{ ibid.}. A little over 10 years later, the hut had deteriorated considerably to such an extent that its structural soundness would be questionable unless urgent work was done in the Summer of 1948-9. So reported its designed, Malcolm McColl. The main problem was a lack of flashing to one side of the chimney which allowed large quantities of snow to penetrate a 2" gap into the hut ceiling. The roofing also needed renailing and the stone chimney itself was not only too short (requiring an extension pipe to stop it smoking) but had nearly disintegrated. It needed rebuilding. The front steps had been almost destroyed as the mortar had not set in the original construction. The last painting was in 1941 and this too needed redoing at least annually. The putty was falling out and the window sashes coming to bits{ DCNR file H.019905 Report on Inspection of Cleve Cole Memorial Hut November 28-30 1948}. McColl thought that if the standard of maintenance was not kept up the users of the hut would not take care of it. In 1949, the SCV revealed plans to reduce the wear on the hut by building another unlocked shelter with two bunks and a stove nearby. The public would then be charged for access to the original hut on the same scale as members were for the club section of the hut. The money would go into a trust fund to maintain the building. The hut was thought to be the only comfortable accommodation on the Mountain and must remain accessible to the public if only to carry out the development plans of its namesake{ DCNR file H.019905 letter from SCV (H Cartledge) 13.12.49}. With the rapid development of Kiewa scheme and all its infrastructure, more people would soon have easy access to the area. Along with the repointing and rebuilding parts of the stonework, painting the woodwork `new green', renailing the roofing and inserting flashing, other works planned included provision of new high pressure chrome plated taps to basin and sink, one inch boarding to porch interior walls, new glass panes and puttying, new Whitco casement stays to all windows, painting of ceiling with Muraltone along with other interior woodwork, painting the kitchen and shower in light tones, removal of the wall between the kitchen and meal alcove and install kitchen bench around the alcove with shelves above, install shelves around bunks, repair Caneite ceiling and strapping, decrease number of bunks in clubroom and provide storage instead, and wired glass to lower bunk windows. The SCV also reacted to the complaints of local people over the locking up of the hut. The SCV pointed to the generous help provided by the old generation of cattlemen...
HM2 Barney Card reacts.
At 8:30 that morning, a National
Science Foundation LC-130 Her-
cules airplane, operated by a U.S.
Navy crew fromVXE 6, was on a rou-
tine resupply flight from McMurdo
Station. It crashed while attempting
to land near Card's isolated outpost
750 miles northwest of McMurdo
Station.
Heroism didn't even cross Card's
mind when he heard the shouts of
"crash!" He grabbed his parka and
gloves and jumped on a snowmobile
to get down to the landing strip. All
that could be seen was smoke and
twisted metal. With two Navy civil-
ians from the camp, Brad Honeycutt
and Johnny Howard, Card ran to the
cockpit of the plane.
The three searched for a way into
the plane.
In the cockpit, the trapped crew
members were also looking for a way
out. There was no time to waste -
fuel was leaking into the cockpit and
electrical power could ignite it. The
rescuers found a small hole in the
cockpit fuselage, enlarged it, then
one by one, the victims were care-
fully pulled out. Fires from JP-5 air-
craft fuel burned all around the
wreckage. The danger of explosion
made the extrication harrowing.
"I was scared"; said Card. I knew
that it could blow at any minute and
I just wanted to get everyone away
from the plane.
One of the first people I re-
member seeing was Card said one
survivor.
He literally gave me the shirt off his back ,
he also gave me his parka and gloves, and continued
to work in just his thermal under-
shirt. After all the victims were re-
moved from the wreckage, they were
loaded onto sleds for the mile-long
trek to shelter.
The sleds were only 15 feet from
the wreckage when the first of sev-
eral explosions rocked the aircraft.
Back at the camp, Card used the
barracks tent as a makeshift emer-
gency room. "I assigned a person
from camp to each one of the victims
, to sit with them," said Card.
"They kept an eye on them and let
me know what was going on, and I
could move from one to another."
"Petty Officer Card was evaluat-
ing injuries, trying to figure out who
was the most serious and get them
stabilized," said one survivor. "He
would hover around one person, find
out the extent of his injuries - do
the minimum he needed to, then
move on to the next person. The guy
was just superb. He was like the
calm in the eye of the storm."
While Card was administering
emergency care, a medical evacua-
tion flight with a surgeon and other
corpsmen had been launched from
McMurdo Station. Constant radio
contact was kept during the opera-
tion between Card and McMurdo
medical personnel.
Because of bad weather, it was ap-
proximately eight hours before the
rescue flight arrived.
Two VXE 6 personnel had been
killed instantly in the crash. Nine
injured personnel were returned to
McMurdo for evaluation. Four survi-
vors were sent to New Zealand for
further treatment.
"This was a situation that would
have tasked a hospital emergency
room," said Lt. David S. Kermode, a
Navy doctor who cared for the survi-
vors in McMurdo. "Card had nine
cases - four of them serious. One
would have died without him. He
really kept his wits about him."
"The job was incredible," said
Robert Johnson, a corpsman who
was on the medevac flight. "We got
there to find a really professional
set-up. He is definitely a hero."
"I don't know if 'hero' can be
used," said Card. "Everyone had a
part in this - I can't say enough for
the help given by the doctors and
everyone involved. I've never seen a
group mesh and work together as we
did here at the McMurdo dispensary.
I won't deny we all did a heck of a
good job, but we're not heroes."
"All I can say is, that if I had been
in that situation," said Johnson, "I
hope that I would have acted like
Barney Card.
Story by J02 David Melancon
Melancon is assigned to Naval Support
Force, Antarctica. Published 1988
Lea Hurst. Built 1876 for Thomas Johnson, architect Daniel Garlick, sold to James Hill 1887, purchased from his estate 1919 by Memorial Hospital.
“Mr. T. Johnson, M.P., and Mr. W. H. Sharland have built two handsome houses, of 17 rooms each, on the Avenue road, North Adelaide. The fronts are of dressed Teatree Gully freestone. The houses are fitted up with bathrooms, wardrobes, and with all the latest improvements for comfort as well as appearance, at a cost of about £4,000 each. The contractors were Messrs. Brown and Thompson; architect, Mr. D. Garlick.” [Advertiser 29 Jan 1876]
“For Sale or To Let, Mr. Thos. Johnson’s Private Residence, Avenue road, N.A.” [Register 27 Aug 1886]
“At Avenue-Road, North Adelaide. Residence of Mr. Thomas Johnson. Valuable and Modern Household Furniture and Effects. Pianos by Lipp and Erard. Spicer buggy (almost new) by Crimp. Superb original oil painting (Colonial Scenes). . . Mr. Johnson having furnished a House during the occupancy of the Avenue road premises by Mr. Warner, is enabled to offer the Furniture in its entirety.” [Advertiser 17 Sep 1887]
“Respectable young Dressmaker Wanted by - the day. References required. — Mrs. James Hill, Leahurst, Avenue-road, N.A.” [Express & Telegraph 24 Sep 1888]
“Houses and Land for Sale. . . Avenue-Road — North Adelaide, "Lea Hurst," 15 rooms, billiard-room, ballroom, land 105 ft. to Avenue-road by 210 ft.” [Advertiser 21 Apr 1903]
“To Let, for Term, Furnished or Unfurnished, Leahurst, Avenue road, North Adelaide, superior Residence, Eleven Rooms and conveniences, including Stabling, Man's Room, &c.” Register 5 Jun 1909]
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL opened 6 Feb 1920 in 3 houses on Avenue Rd, (previously Roberts Lane, now Sir Edwin Smith Avenue).
Simpson Newland’s single-storey home “The Terraces” purchased 1917, used as nurses redidence, later demolished & replaced by new hospital wing 1991. William Sharland’s home “The Avenues”, sold to George Brookman 1908 and converted to Ru Rua Private Hospital, purchased by Memorial Hospital 1918. “Leahurst” built by Thomas Johnson, purchased 1919 from James Hill’s estate. William Sharland & Thomas Johnson had built identical two-storey homes 1876, architect Daniel Garlick. The hospital linked these two by extensions opened 20 Jul 1921, architect Eric Habershon McMichael.
“On the eve of a great peace following a terrible war, memorials to the gallant dead are being everywhere erected. Many are not merely ornamental; their usefulness is significant of the nobility they commemorate. Of this kind is the Methodist Memorial Hospital, formerly known as "The Terraces," North Adelaide. This conveniently situated residence and charming grounds were purchased by the Methodist body in order that it might establish a hospital and medical training centre.” [Register 1 Mar 1919]
“Memorial Hospital in honor of the fallen Methodist soldiers . . . suitable property for the purpose has been purchased at North Adelaide. . . ample accommodation for present and future requirements.” [Advertiser 21 Jul 1919]
“The following properties have been purchased for the purposes of the hospital: — 'The Terraces,' from Mr. Simpson Newland; 'Lea Hurst,' from the estate of the late Mr. James Hill; and 'Ru Rua,' from Mr. G. Brookman, at a total cost of about £17,000. The three buildings total 54 rooms, and occupy two and a half acres of land, fronting Pennington Terrace, Kermode Street, and Avenue Road:” [The Mail 19 Jul 1919]
“It is intended first to prepare "Ru-Rua" for medical, surgical, and maternity cases, and then to follow up by alterations, adaptations, etc., at "Lea Hurst," and "The Terraces" for patients.” [Aust Christian Commonwealth 9 Jan 1920]
“Founded by the Methodist Church of South Australia to perpetuate the loyalty and heroism of the men and women of the State who served in the great war, and as a practical expression of deep gratitude to those, living and dead, who in the Empire's hour of need, stood in the breach and helped to achieve so glorious a victory, the Memorial Hospital, North Adelaide, has now been extended. . . The two big, houses facing the park lands have been joined up, and now there is provision for over 70 patients.” [Register 21 Jul 1921]
THE TERRACES
Single storey home built by 1891. Several residents until purchased by Simpson Newland 1912, sold 1917 to Memorial Hospital, used as nurses residence, demolished & replaced by new hospital wing 1991.
“Auctions. . . North Adelaide. . . land having a frontage of 210 ft. to Avenue-road, and a frontage of 233 ft. to Kermode-Street, on which is erected a comfortable and convenient House of eight rooms, kitchen, pantry, bathroom, cellar, stables, coachhouse, bay loft, &:. The whole enclosed with a substantial stone wall. The land is tastefully laid out and planted with fruit and ornamental trees, also a nice flower garden.” [Advertiser 31 Aug 1891]
“An "At home" was given by Mrs. Collier at her residence, ‘The Terraces’, Avenue-road, N.A., last Friday evening. A charming musical programme, vocal and instrumental, was thoroughly appreciated by the guests.” [Critic 27 Aug 1898]
“Chalmers Church. A Garden Fete in aid of the Church Funds will be held at The Terraces, Avenue Road. N.A., the Residence of James Shaw, Esq. On Saturday Afternoon, October 25. from 3 to 6 p.m. To be opened by Mrs. James Shaw.” [Evening Journal 24 Oct 1902]
“House-Parlourmaid, two in family. . . Mrs. Hackett, The Terraces, Avenue road, N.A.” [Register 2 Apr 1908]
“At The Terraces, Avenue Road, North Adelaide, Johnson & Company are instructed by J. T. Hackett, Esq. (who has sold The Terraces) to sell — His Magnificent Furniture, Rare and Choice Pictures, Costly and Valuable Bric-aBrac, and Genuine. French Bronzes.” [Register 10 Feb 1912]
“Mr. Simpson Newland has taken Mr. Hackett's residence, 'The Terraces', Avenue-road, North Adelaide.” [Chronicle 17 Feb 1912]
“A successful A.A.M.A. garden fete was held on the grounds of the residence of Mr. Simpson Newland, ‘'The Terraces’, Avenue-road, North Adelaide, in aid of the trench comforts and stretcher-bearers and men in the S.A. Ambulance Funds.” [Advertiser 24 Sep 1917]
“Methodist Hospital. . . purchased the property known as "The Terraces,'' from Mr. Simpson Newland. It is at the corner of Kermode-street and Avenue road, North Adelaide, and contains one and a half acres of land and residence, the home of Mr. Newland. There is also a beautifully laid out garden and all modern, conveniences. In the immediate vicinity stand the Children's Hospital, RuRua, and Quambi.” [Register 22 Aug 1918]
THE AVENUES
Built 1876 for William H Sharland, architect Daniel Garlick, sold to George Brookman 1908 and converted to Ru Rua Private Hospital, purchased by Memorial Hospital 1918.
“Mr. T. Johnson, M.P., and Mr. W. H. Sharland have built two handsome houses, of 17 rooms each, on the Avenue road, North Adelaide. The fronts are of dressed Teatree Gully freestone. The houses are fitted up with bathrooms, wardrobes, and with all the latest improvements for comfort as well as appearance, at a cost of about £4,000 each. The contractors were Messrs. Brown and Thompson; architect, Mr. D. Garlick.” [Advertiser 29 Jan 1876]
“To Let on Lease, or For Sale, the Commodious and Well-appointed .Modern Family Residence, No. 1, Avenue-Road, N.A., containing seventeen rooms, pantry, wine cellar, lumber and bathrooms ; outside — man's room, laundry, three-stall stable, hay house, two coach-houses, wood and coal house, and every convenience. . . Apply on the premises, No. 1, Avenue-road, N.A., W. H. Sharland.” [Express & Telegraph 13 Jun 1885]
“Ru-Rua will 'be opened as a Methodist Hospital shortly. Workmen are busy renovating the whole building.” [Register 10 Jan 1920]
Gribbell Island, British Columbia, Canada
I'm off to Zambia very shortly so here is a final set of ten Spirit and Black Bear images from our recent trip. The Spirit (Kermode) Bear is a white variant of the Black Bear and extremely rare. It was a real privilege to spend a day in the rain with these wonderful animals.
The Pacific Coast Rainforest is home to a rare white bear known as the Kermode bear and is the ancestral land of several indigenous Canadian tribes. Local artists Gene Sebelius and Bonnie Spencer designed and created "Kody," the Sooke Spirit Bear, with glass mosaics and paint for a public art exhibit. Kody now sits in front of the Sooke Region Museum.
Foundation stone 12 Dec 1896 by Lady Victoria Buxton, wife of Governor, architect Alfred Wells, opened 18 Oct 1898.
“Children's Hospital . . . is now in its 20th year. . . It consists of seven wards containing 70 cots. There are eleven medical men attached to the staff, all honorary except the House Surgeon. There are fifteen nurses and a lady superintendent. . . the Hon. J. J. Duncan, has promised us the magnificent sum of £1,000 for himself and £250 for Mrs. Duncan — that is, one-half of the amount — on condition that we raise the other £1,250 within two months from now.” [Bunyip 5 Jun 1896]
“In the presence of a largo concourse of people and in fine weather the foundation stone of the new Isolation Wards, to be known as tho Allan Campbell Buildings, in connection with the Adelaide Children's Hospital, was laid by Lady Victoria Buxton. . . The site of the new structure is what has so long been known as 'The Devil's Half-acre’' at the corner of Poole and Kermode streets, North Adelaide. . . When Dr. Campbell began to devise the plans . . . he received stimulus and encouragement from an anonymous friend in the gift of £500 towards the work. . . He did not think the ladies and gentlemen present would feel very much surprised when he named that anonymous donor in the person of their old friend Mr. J. H. Angas. . . With his and Mrs. Angas's permission they were calling that ward, which stretched into space towards those beautiful eastern hills, the Susanne Ward, after the gracious lady who laid the foundation-stone of the noble structure so munificently presented to them by her husband.” [Register 14 Dec 1896
“The accommodation to be provided comprises two main wards and two observation wards. The main wards will contain eight beds and six beds respectively, two beds in the former being separated by glass cubicles for serious cases. . . At the junction of the two ward wings, and on the south western corner, is the bacteriological laboratory, of which Dr. Borthwick will have charge, and which is fitted up complete for nine students. It is proposed to use this also as a lecture-room. . . The successful tenderer is Mr. W. C. Torode, of Stirling West. In his tender he agreed to execute the 'whole work with freestone from his own quarry at Stirling West, including the quoins to external openings throughout, rock-faced, and drafted at angles. The building will be in the domestic Gothic style, suitable for a one-story erection such as this, and forming a harmonious contrast with the Angas Buildings adjoining. . . endeavour to make the building when complete comply with the latest hygienic principles.” [Register 12 Dec 1896]
WAY BUILDINGS
Foundation stone of first building 20 Jun 1878 by Samuel James Way, Esquire, Administrator of the Government, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, architect W McMinn, opened to patients 16 Aug 1879, formal opening 10 Oct 1879 by patroness, Lady Jervois, named the Way Buildings 1897, demolished 1967. A dispensary was opened in Currie Street & in a house on the North Adelaide property in 1877. These dispensaries offered advice to the needy; there were a few cots for temporary stay at the Currie St dispensary.
“The movement for the establishment of the Adelaide Children's Hospital and Training School for Nurses was initiated in 1876 by a meeting of ladies, of whom Lady Colton was one of the foremost. This meeting was followed shortly afterwards by a public gathering in White's Rooms, at which Mr. R. Barr Smith presided. Then the idea took a firm hold of the public mind.” [Evening Journal 2 May 1894]
“A letter was read from Mr. W. D. Scott, of North Adelaide, stating that he understood that the hospital building was to be erected on an allotment next to his property. He suggested the desirability of erecting it out of town, and intimated that if its being placed next to his house interfered with his comfort and the due enjoyment of his rights he would hold the Committee responsible. . . Mr. Scott should be assured that it was not the intention of the Hospital Committee to infect the neighbourhood, or to interfere in any way with his domestic comfort.” [Adelaide Observer 16 Jun 1877]
“Dr. Campbell reported having visited the cottage on the property purchased by the Committee, and stated that the alterations and repairs suggested by the medical staff and deemed necessary for opening an outdoor dispensary had been completed.” [Adelaide Observer 7 Jul 1877]
“As soon as the property passed into the hands of the Committee steps were taken to place the house existing on the site in a state of repair; and this house had been recently opened as an outdoor dispensary for sick children.” [Evening Journal 17 Oct 1877]
“Dr. Way reported that the honorary medical officers had decided to recommend that the dispensary should be opened daily at 9 a.m., and that the North Adelaide Dispensary should be open at the same hour. . . Dr. Campbell said that the dispensary in Currie-street would be open in about a week's time.” [Register 12 Dec 1877]
“A letter was received from Mrs. J. Colton, stating that she was anxious to endow a cot — the cost of which would be £30 annually — at the Dispensary, Currie-street. . . there was accommodation in the temporary dispensary for two or three more cots.” [Register 9 Jan 1878]
“The Committee of the Adelaide Children's Hospital have established dispensaries in the city, where the sick children of those of limited means and of the poor may obtain medical advice and medicine gratia. One of these dispensaries is at North Adelaide; the other in Currie-street, South Adelaide. The medical officers are in attendance daily at 9 o'clock a.m., for the purpose of giving advice to children of parents who otherwise would be unable to obtain these. Moreover an experienced nurse is constantly in charge in Currie-street, where cots have been provided, so that sick and injured little ones may have the benefit of skilful nursing and dean, airy rooms, unobtainable, perhaps, at their own homes.” [Register 15 May 1878]
“at present a Cottage Hospital at North Adelaide for the reception of indoor patients, where a dispensary also exists for outdoor patients. There is, moreover, another dispensary at the corner of Currie and Rosina streets, which has recently been fitted up for the accommodation of indoor patients.” [Adelaide Observer 1 Jun 1878]
“Two acres of land at, the corner of Avenue-road and Brougham-place, commonly known as ‘Fil's Garden’, were purchased for £2,550. . . An ancient building on the land has, however, been used for dispensing, and there is also a dispensary in Currie-street. . . The building to be erected at present consists of a basement and ground floors. . . the style being Elizabethan. The principal or eastern front is marked by projecting wings at the ends, surmounted with gables, a spacious verandah. . . Over the centre of the front is a gablet containing a two-light window, and forming the base of a ventilating turret. . . The walls of the basement are to be constructed of Glen Osmond slate stone; the external walls of the superstructure of Dry Creek stone; and the internal walls generally of brick.” [Express & Telegraph 21 Jun 1878]
“the Hospital would not be restricted to the treatment of city children only, but was intended to benefit sick children from any part of the colony.” [Express & Telegraph 1 Jul 1879]
“Adelaide Children’s Hospital. . . it was decided to erect a new wing for fever and ophthalmic cases, but that idea had been abandoned owing to the largeness of the estimated cost, which was £2,600. The board considered the sum a very large one to expend for the purpose, and so they purchased a house situated near the hospital, which it was intended to convert into wards for the cases mentioned.” [Advertiser 21 Apr 1882]
“The older portions of the Adelaide Children's Hospital are to be called ‘the Way Buildings’ in honor of the Chief Justice, who has been president of the institution from its opening.” [Chronicle 16 Oct 1897]
“Many charitable colonists came forward, and two years after the movement was started, on June 20, 1878, the foundation-stone of the first portion of the building (now known as Way Buildings) was laid. Meanwhile arrangements had been made for treating outpatients in North and South Adelaide, and the number of these received up to Sept. 30, 1878, was 1,915. The first in-patient was admitted on August 6, 1879. Since that date the buildings have been enlarged and added to from, time to time.” [Critic, Adelaide 23 May 1903]
Foundation stone 12 Dec 1896 by Lady Victoria Buxton, wife of Governor, architect Alfred Wells, opened 18 Oct 1898.
“Children's Hospital . . . is now in its 20th year. . . It consists of seven wards containing 70 cots. There are eleven medical men attached to the staff, all honorary except the House Surgeon. There are fifteen nurses and a lady superintendent. . . the Hon. J. J. Duncan, has promised us the magnificent sum of £1,000 for himself and £250 for Mrs. Duncan — that is, one-half of the amount — on condition that we raise the other £1,250 within two months from now.” [Bunyip 5 Jun 1896]
“In the presence of a largo concourse of people and in fine weather the foundation stone of the new Isolation Wards, to be known as tho Allan Campbell Buildings, in connection with the Adelaide Children's Hospital, was laid by Lady Victoria Buxton. . . The site of the new structure is what has so long been known as 'The Devil's Half-acre’' at the corner of Poole and Kermode streets, North Adelaide. . . When Dr. Campbell began to devise the plans . . . he received stimulus and encouragement from an anonymous friend in the gift of £500 towards the work. . . He did not think the ladies and gentlemen present would feel very much surprised when he named that anonymous donor in the person of their old friend Mr. J. H. Angas. . . With his and Mrs. Angas's permission they were calling that ward, which stretched into space towards those beautiful eastern hills, the Susanne Ward, after the gracious lady who laid the foundation-stone of the noble structure so munificently presented to them by her husband.” [Register 14 Dec 1896
“The accommodation to be provided comprises two main wards and two observation wards. The main wards will contain eight beds and six beds respectively, two beds in the former being separated by glass cubicles for serious cases. . . At the junction of the two ward wings, and on the south western corner, is the bacteriological laboratory, of which Dr. Borthwick will have charge, and which is fitted up complete for nine students. It is proposed to use this also as a lecture-room. . . The successful tenderer is Mr. W. C. Torode, of Stirling West. In his tender he agreed to execute the 'whole work with freestone from his own quarry at Stirling West, including the quoins to external openings throughout, rock-faced, and drafted at angles. The building will be in the domestic Gothic style, suitable for a one-story erection such as this, and forming a harmonious contrast with the Angas Buildings adjoining. . . endeavour to make the building when complete comply with the latest hygienic principles.” [Register 12 Dec 1896]
WAY BUILDINGS
Foundation stone of first building 20 Jun 1878 by Samuel James Way, Esquire, Administrator of the Government, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, architect W McMinn, opened to patients 16 Aug 1879, formal opening 10 Oct 1879 by patroness, Lady Jervois, named the Way Buildings 1897, demolished 1967. A dispensary was opened in Currie Street & in a house on the North Adelaide property in 1877. These dispensaries offered advice to the needy; there were a few cots for temporary stay at the Currie St dispensary.
“The movement for the establishment of the Adelaide Children's Hospital and Training School for Nurses was initiated in 1876 by a meeting of ladies, of whom Lady Colton was one of the foremost. This meeting was followed shortly afterwards by a public gathering in White's Rooms, at which Mr. R. Barr Smith presided. Then the idea took a firm hold of the public mind.” [Evening Journal 2 May 1894]
“A letter was read from Mr. W. D. Scott, of North Adelaide, stating that he understood that the hospital building was to be erected on an allotment next to his property. He suggested the desirability of erecting it out of town, and intimated that if its being placed next to his house interfered with his comfort and the due enjoyment of his rights he would hold the Committee responsible. . . Mr. Scott should be assured that it was not the intention of the Hospital Committee to infect the neighbourhood, or to interfere in any way with his domestic comfort.” [Adelaide Observer 16 Jun 1877]
“Dr. Campbell reported having visited the cottage on the property purchased by the Committee, and stated that the alterations and repairs suggested by the medical staff and deemed necessary for opening an outdoor dispensary had been completed.” [Adelaide Observer 7 Jul 1877]
“As soon as the property passed into the hands of the Committee steps were taken to place the house existing on the site in a state of repair; and this house had been recently opened as an outdoor dispensary for sick children.” [Evening Journal 17 Oct 1877]
“Dr. Way reported that the honorary medical officers had decided to recommend that the dispensary should be opened daily at 9 a.m., and that the North Adelaide Dispensary should be open at the same hour. . . Dr. Campbell said that the dispensary in Currie-street would be open in about a week's time.” [Register 12 Dec 1877]
“A letter was received from Mrs. J. Colton, stating that she was anxious to endow a cot — the cost of which would be £30 annually — at the Dispensary, Currie-street. . . there was accommodation in the temporary dispensary for two or three more cots.” [Register 9 Jan 1878]
“The Committee of the Adelaide Children's Hospital have established dispensaries in the city, where the sick children of those of limited means and of the poor may obtain medical advice and medicine gratia. One of these dispensaries is at North Adelaide; the other in Currie-street, South Adelaide. The medical officers are in attendance daily at 9 o'clock a.m., for the purpose of giving advice to children of parents who otherwise would be unable to obtain these. Moreover an experienced nurse is constantly in charge in Currie-street, where cots have been provided, so that sick and injured little ones may have the benefit of skilful nursing and dean, airy rooms, unobtainable, perhaps, at their own homes.” [Register 15 May 1878]
“at present a Cottage Hospital at North Adelaide for the reception of indoor patients, where a dispensary also exists for outdoor patients. There is, moreover, another dispensary at the corner of Currie and Rosina streets, which has recently been fitted up for the accommodation of indoor patients.” [Adelaide Observer 1 Jun 1878]
“Two acres of land at, the corner of Avenue-road and Brougham-place, commonly known as ‘Fil's Garden’, were purchased for £2,550. . . An ancient building on the land has, however, been used for dispensing, and there is also a dispensary in Currie-street. . . The building to be erected at present consists of a basement and ground floors. . . the style being Elizabethan. The principal or eastern front is marked by projecting wings at the ends, surmounted with gables, a spacious verandah. . . Over the centre of the front is a gablet containing a two-light window, and forming the base of a ventilating turret. . . The walls of the basement are to be constructed of Glen Osmond slate stone; the external walls of the superstructure of Dry Creek stone; and the internal walls generally of brick.” [Express & Telegraph 21 Jun 1878]
“the Hospital would not be restricted to the treatment of city children only, but was intended to benefit sick children from any part of the colony.” [Express & Telegraph 1 Jul 1879]
“Adelaide Children’s Hospital. . . it was decided to erect a new wing for fever and ophthalmic cases, but that idea had been abandoned owing to the largeness of the estimated cost, which was £2,600. The board considered the sum a very large one to expend for the purpose, and so they purchased a house situated near the hospital, which it was intended to convert into wards for the cases mentioned.” [Advertiser 21 Apr 1882]
“The older portions of the Adelaide Children's Hospital are to be called ‘the Way Buildings’ in honor of the Chief Justice, who has been president of the institution from its opening.” [Chronicle 16 Oct 1897]
“Many charitable colonists came forward, and two years after the movement was started, on June 20, 1878, the foundation-stone of the first portion of the building (now known as Way Buildings) was laid. Meanwhile arrangements had been made for treating outpatients in North and South Adelaide, and the number of these received up to Sept. 30, 1878, was 1,915. The first in-patient was admitted on August 6, 1879. Since that date the buildings have been enlarged and added to from, time to time.” [Critic, Adelaide 23 May 1903]
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Krista Kermode of Sky Meadows SP working at a trade show. Photo by Tom Cervenak
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This is Ma’ah, one of the oldest and best-known of the Kermode (or “spirit”) bears of the Great Bear Rainforest. She was walking up the river and decided to check out some of the backpacks of our group. The guides kept a watchful eye on her the whole time, but she was much more interested in finding salmon.
So amongst the many great things that wound their way into my life last year was following a regular podcast or many - got me wondering what if any subscriptions consistantly buttered your biscuits last year?
in no particular order 2006 saw me following...
mark kermode on radio 5
geek brief tv
the now show from radio 4
front row from radio 4
this is a knife from channel 4
the times sounds
adam & joe on xfm
directors notes
Cited by director Alex Cox and critic Mark Kermode as one of the ten greatest achievements in cinema of all time, The Devils is based on a true story set in France in 1634 about the evils of the union of church and state controlled by power hungry, perverse men who prey on faith and fear, and one priest, Father Grandier, who tries to protect the liberties and walls of his city, Loudun.
This film was met with great controversy and opposition due to its contents and depictions of blasphemy. Hardly available today, the current VHS release suffers from trigger happy censors with no desire to leave the plot intact. The video translation is appalling, with only a fraction of the resolution and quality of film, and the fullscreen framing mauls at least 60% of the compositions. If you can attain this on widescreen on DVD, you are a lucky person. Unfortunately, as is reflected by another comment on this board, most people see the crappy version and judge the film based on that.
There is no official DVD release of this film, to let Warner Bros know you want it, follow this link: www.petitiononline.com/Grandier/petition.html
To purchase an unofficial DVD of this film go here: www.lfvw.com/devils.html (my screen captures are from this DVD.) I believe the source of this DVD was a special British television broadcast of the film including missing scenes not ever seen in any theater. Judging by the picture quality it was recorded to VHS first and then to DVD.